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bearhug07 Oct 20, 2008

I'm trying to do an article for the magazine on displaying your collections..................would youlike to email me a photo (Hi res at least 300 dpi) of your favourite bear ..in-situ.......and tel me

1/ Who's bear it is, why you bought it and why  you have it sitting where it is?  Email to me     sandra@bearhug.com.au

I have had so many comments on favourite bears being behind glass and protected........looked at and not touched.  To the favourte being the bear on the bed and cuddled daily.

So where is yours and is it traitional or whacky, cuddly or not. 

I need lots of info for my article

thanks everyone

Us Bears Oct 21, 2008

I have had so many comments on favourite bears being behind glass and protected........looked at and not touched.

What did the Bear ever do that deserves being sent to JAIL?! 
In this den, Bears who misbehave get sent to bed without a snack.  The way to a Bear's heart is through his tummy!  Threaten to deprive him of his goodies and you'll have his complete, undivided attention.

To the favourte being the bear on the bed and cuddled daily.

Now, THAT's more like it!
In this den, there are Bears who sit on shelves and some who sit on the sofa and cuddle with the humans.  Some are snuggling Bears and some who sleep in the bed.  We have special "Hugging Bears" who are for times when the humans need moral support and there are special collectible Bears who prefer to sit up high and monitor the activities of the rest of the Bears.

Every Bear gets his share of attention but there are some who are more expensive and some who sit on the sofa and snuggle with the humans while they watch TV.

Seriously:
There are many Bears in this house.  They are in virtually every room.
We have one bedroom made over especially for the Bears.  There are shelves on the walls and we painted the room to look like a forest for the Bears to play in.

We also have stackable "Bear Condos."  Randy built about a dozen wooden boxes our of 1/2 inch plywood.  They only have 4 sides.  (The front and back are missing.)  They are painted white with a good grade of interior latex.  Think of them as building blocks that can be stacked up any way you want.  If you want to stack them in a pyramid or a cube, you can rearrange them any time.  Then the Bears just live in the cubby holes.  Viola!  Instant Bear Condos!

For photography, it depends on the effect we're going for.  Sometimes we use props and scenery we find around the house other times, when we want to take pictures of JUST the Bear, we make a backdrop out of a black fabric called "duvetyne."  It's a heavy, black cotton cloth that's been sueded on one side.  Theater designers use it to make black curtains and scenery out of.

It all depends on what you're going for...

bearhug07 Oct 21, 2008

I am also loking ofr photos of bears that artists have kept of their own work and why they feel that they needed to "collect" this bear of all their work!! So don't be shy about saying you keep your own work. This is a great time to promote yourself.!!!

thumperantiques Oct 22, 2008

Sandra,
     I'm an artist with a small collection, maybe about a dozen bears.  I've opted to have them in a curio cabinet, because I have two cats, one of which loooooooves to bath the bears, if he has the opportunity!  No kidding - I used to keep some bears out for display, until we got this fellow 8 years ago.  He must have poor eyesight and thought they were cats LOL, because he was constantly curling up with them and sleeping on top of them.  This was annoying, but when he began to literally bath them from head to toe, I bought a cabinet for them.  I do take them out on rotation and keep one or two in my studio, but that door is shut ALWAYS.
     As for my own work, I've kept two very tiny minis, one for each of our kids, along with the first "antique style" I made and a toy hopping rabbit, because it's the perfect size for the minis to ride.  I also kept one piece that I made specifically for me.  It's a Peter Pan bear in a shadow box display.  I'll try and get some pics tomorrow.  I spent the morning at the walk in clinic and have a nasty cast of cystitis - I feel like I've been hit by a truck.  Tomorrow, I hope to feel better.

                                      hugs,

                                      Brenda

bearhug07 Oct 22, 2008

OOHH Brenda

I haven't had cystits for years but I well remmeber that BURNING need.  :hug:  :hug:

Yes please send through the photo's of your "kept" ones. We must have a very shy bunch out there at the moment as I have had very few answers!!  Come on artists........you all must have kept one or two of your own bears for special reasons......photos please and reasons please!!!

Carolynn Oct 22, 2008

oh wow, any bear artists or just the "big girls" ??? I have 10 tiny bears with me ( one nearly finished) they all sit on my bookcase, cause sadly I dont have a cat.

Barling Bears Oct 22, 2008

Hi Sandra,

I have just tried sending you an email but things went a bit odd with my computer and I am not sure whether you would have received it or not!!  Can you please let me know - sorry!

Hugs

Marilyn

bearhug07 Oct 22, 2008

Any and all are welcome to send me photos .......the moe I think about this the more I can expand it. So any photos of bears you have bought that are special or that you have made and been unable to part with.......basically what has made you keep/collect this bear!!  Please don't be shy!!